27-Oct-17 Vezeeta.com, a digital healthcare provider in the Middle East, launched its platform for medical bookings, securing its position as the first such platform in the Middle East, allowing patients to book appointments with doctors online and on mobile. [image: Thompson Reuters Zawya].

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13-Oct-17 Indian officials announced medical tourism in the country can grow to become a USD9 bn industry by 2020 and that India is among the "fastest growing medical tourism destinations in Asia", noting that medical tourism has shifted towards Asia. [image: FICCI]

12-Oct-17 The Maayo Medical medical center in the Philippines has unveiled specialty and wellness clinics such as its eye center, aesthetics institute and urology center, aiming to become a health centre for Southeast Asia. [image: Allan Cuizon / SunStar]

09-Oct-17 With the highest rate of hepatitis C globally, Egypt has developed an expertise in treating it. Now it is looking to share its know-how, as well as locally produced low-cost drugs, with foreigners having trouble getting treatment at home.[image: Mohamed El-Shahed, AFP]